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Where does “renter” come from?

Renter derives from English rent, from Chinese 兒, from Old French -er, from Latin -are, from Latin -are, from Latin -arius, from Latin do, from Proto-Italic didō.

renter (English): One who rents property or other goods from...

Definitions

  1. One who rents property or other goods from...

Ancestry of “renter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrentA payment made by a tenant at intervals in order...
2Middle Englishrent—
3Old Frenchrenteincome
4Medieval Latinrendita—
5Latinrendō—
6Latinreddō—
7Latindō—
8Proto-Italicdidōgive
9Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
10Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

Words derived from “renter”

  • liferenter
  • liferentrix
  • renterer
  • sub-renter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- →